Risk events in Australia, January 2026

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

2 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes.

2 eventsSources: usgs

2 events· Australia

Earthquake

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 2 events plottedM5.1 — west of Macquarie Island · Australia · 26 Jan 2026M5.7 — west of Macquarie Island · Australia · 26 Jan 2026
Earthquake
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2 in the list
Disaster
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0 in the list
Conflict
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0 in the list
Unrest
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0 in the list
Advisory
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0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is moving

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 0.3
2
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 1,712.9
0
Unrest
90-day baseline: 193.9
0
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
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Events

What is happening now

2 events · newest first

  1. Earthquake

    M5.1 — west of Macquarie Island

    M5.1 · Source: usgs

  2. Earthquake

    M5.7 — west of Macquarie Island

    M5.7 · Source: usgs

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.